American Friends Service Committee - Atlanta Economic Justice

Affordable Water AdvocacyProgram

AFSC backs Atlanta-area residents working for affordable water. It tells of a win for residents and has a letter asking DeKalb commissioners to support water rights.

Beyond the March: Community Organizing for ChangeProgram

Training retreats help participants practice campaign planning, shared decision-making, and organizing across differences.

Community Organizing TrainingProgram

The program runs regular trainings for grassroots groups and communities. Topics include organizing basics, media, campaign planning, art, nonviolent action and social media.

Economic justice organizing and advocacyProgram

The Atlanta program builds public pressure campaigns with communities and links local money and housing problems to bigger systems. It also advises grassroots groups across the South.

Georgia Tenant Organizing GuideService

A written guide for Georgia renters on how to organize neighbors and form a tenant association. It lays out steps from meeting neighbors to making demands and escalating if needed.

Housing Justice Organizing and AdvocacyProgram

AFSC works with Atlanta housing groups on campaigns for affordable homes, renter protections and fair treatment of people without housing. People can sign a petition backing the Atlanta housing policy platform.

Millennia Resistance CampaignProgram

A campaign with tenants of Millennia Housing Management and allies pushing HUD to hold the landlord accountable for unsafe conditions. It offers a tenant organizing toolkit and a petition to sign.

Stop Cop City CampaignProgram

AFSC is part of a coalition working against the planned Atlanta police training center known as Cop City. The coalition collected voter signatures for a referendum and is now working to hold the city to a fair process.